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Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 1880
Obsoletes: 1800, 1780, 1720, 1610,
1600, 1540, 1500, 1410, 1360, 1280,
1250, 1200, 1140, 1130, 1100, 1083
STD: 1
Category: Standards Track

Internet Architecture Board
J. Postel, Editor
November 1995

### INTERNET OFFICIAL PROTOCOL STANDARDS

### Status of this Memo

This memo describes the state of standardization of protocols used in the Internet as determined by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). This memo is an Internet Standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

### Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Standardization Process
2. The Request for Comments Documents
3. Other Reference Documents

3.1. Assigned Numbers
3.2. Gateway Requirements
3.3. Host Requirements
3.4. The MIL-STD Documents

4. Explanation of Terms

4.1. Definitions of Protocol State

4.1.1. Standard Protocol
4.1.2. Draft Standard Protocol
4.1.3. Proposed Standard Protocol
4.1.4. Experimental Protocol
4.1.5. Informational Protocol
4.1.6. Historic Protocol

4.2. Definitions of Protocol Status

4.2.1. Required Protocol
4.2.2. Recommended Protocol
4.2.3. Elective Protocol
4.2.4. Limited Use Protocol
4.2.5. Not Recommended Protocol

5. The Standards Track

5.1. The RFC Processing Decision Table
5.2. The Standards Track Diagram

6. The Protocols

6.1. Recent Changes

6.1.1. New RFCs
6.1.2. Other Changes

6.2. Standard Protocols
6.3. Network-Specific Standard Protocols
6.4. Draft Standard Protocols
6.5. Proposed Standard Protocols
6.6. Telnet Options
6.7. Experimental Protocols
6.8. Informational Protocols
6.9. Historic Protocols
6.10. Obsolete Protocols

7. Contacts

7.1. IAB, IETF, and IRTF Contacts

7.1.1. Internet Architecture Board (IAB) Contact
7.1.2. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Contact
7.1.3. Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Contact

7.2. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Contact
7.3. Request for Comments Editor Contact
7.4. The Network Information Center and Requests for Comments Distribution Contact
7.5. Sources for Requests for Comments

8. Security Considerations
9. Author's Address

Original text document

### Introduction

A discussion of the standardization process and the RFC document series is presented first, followed by an explanation of the terms. Sections 6.2 - 6.10 contain the lists of protocols in each stage of standardization. Finally are pointers to references and contacts for further information.

This memo is intended to be issued approximately quarterly; please be sure the copy you are reading is current. Current copies may be obtained from the Network Information Center (INTERNIC) or from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) (see the contact information at the end of this memo). Do not use this edition after 1-March-96.

See Section 6.1 for a description of recent changes. In the official lists in sections 6.2 - 6.10, an asterisk (*) next to a protocol denotes that it is new to this document or has been moved from one protocol level to another, or differs from the previous edition of this document.

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